France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament
July 17, 2024
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve an additional spending of 6.2 trillion naira ($4 billion) to plug shortfalls in this year's national
July 17, 2024
3 death row inmates from Alameda County resentenced after misconduct probe
July 17, 2024
Gov. Lujan Grisham addresses bills targeting homeless population
July 17, 2024
Tennessee elections officials say any state registered voters among the thousands recently asked to prove their citizenship can stay on the voting rolls even if they don't respond to the request
July 17, 2024
A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants
July 17, 2024
A top U.S. bank regulator warned on Wednesday the agency may begin pushing back against the "worrisome trend" of states adopting laws meant to police national
July 17, 2024
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Irish counterpart Simon Harris sought to usher in improved relations with pints of Guinness on Wednesday, promising to work together
July 17, 2024
Indonesia's outgoing leader Joko Widodo swore in on Thursday as a deputy finance minister Thomas Djiwandono, nephew of President-elect
July 18, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval and trust ratings slightly dropped as he entered his third year in office, according to independent opinion pollster Pulse Asia.
July 18, 2024
Malaysia's 99-year-old former prime minister of two decades, Mahathir Mohamad, has been admitted to hospital for coughing, his spokesman said on Thursday.
July 18, 2024
Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots
July 18, 2024
South Korea’s president has appointed a prominent North Korean defector as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans who have resettled in South Korea
July 18, 2024
The Republican National Convention culminates with former President Donald Trump expected to accept the party’s presidential nomination
July 18, 2024
Ursula von der Leyen won a second term as president of the European Commission on Thursday after pledging to create a continental "defence union"
July 18, 2024
Democrats in the state legislative majority have rebuffed calls by New Mexico’s governor to address the “dangerous intersection” of crime and homelessness
July 18, 2024
Kenya's government on Thursday ratcheted up its appeal for weeks of protests to stop and police tried to ban demonstrations in the heart of the capital Nairobi
July 18, 2024
Lawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission
July 18, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to mend his relationship with voters in the federal budget to be announced next week, economic
July 18, 2024
Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health
July 18, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Thursday to create "a true European Defence Union" over the next five years, with flagship projects on air and cyber
July 18, 2024
Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Thursday to revamp border management, strengthen Frontex and Europol, and to put forward a new approach for the return of
July 18, 2024
Every week for the past 20 years, a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots have gathered in a cobbled courtyard in Cyprus's divided capital Nicosia to reminisce
July 18, 2024
South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches
July 18, 2024
Human rights groups condemned a decision by the Zimbabwean High Court on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's ruling denying bail to an opposition party leader and 78 activists, who
July 18, 2024
DBS moving to raise China securities joint venture stake to 91%, CEO says
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
China's new stimulus plans make a splash in global markets
France could get deficit to EU limit in five years, says Bank of France head
Padres turn triple play to clinch playoff spot with 4-2 win over Dodgers
Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions.
Trash balloons sent by North Korea cause regular disruptions at Seoul's airports